Cricket

Like Saeed Ajmal before him, Zulfiqar Babar was in his thirties before he finally received his chance in international cricket. And, like Ajmal, he is making selectors look silly for making him wait so long. A veteran of 69 first-class matches, the left-arm spinner from Okara, Punjab finally got his chance to play for Pakistan last ... Read more

JP Duminy’s brilliant half-century and pace bowler Dale Steyn’s superlative effort with the ball proved to be deciding factors as South Africa registered a thrilling two-run win over New Zealand at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. Duminy scored 86 runs to help the Proteas post a challenging 170-6 before Steyn offered a ... Read more

Bangladesh will make a mistake if they expect to choke West Indies with their spinners like India, West Indies coach Otis Gibson said ahead of his team’s crucial Super-10 match against the hosts at Mirpur today. India banked on their two spinners, Amit Mishra and Ravindra Jadeja, to restrict West Indies to 129 before cruising to ... Read more

Bangladesh will go into their first match in the ICC World Twenty20 Super-10 today knowing that they have nothing to lose against a side, who happen to be world champions in the format. West Indies are the only top team that Bangladesh defeated in this format, not just once but twice and the Tigers also ... Read more

Sri Lanka’s bowlers brought the high-flying Netherlands down to earth by dismissing them for the lowest ever Twenty20 International score, 39 all out, in 10.3 overs to earn a comfortable nine-wicket win in Chittagong on Monday. Angelo Mathews and Ajantha Mendis were the wreckers-in-chief against the ICC Associate Member side, picking three wickets each

South African skipper Faf De Plessis said on Monday that paceman Dale Steyn had kept the billing of the best in the business against New Zealand in the ICC World Twenty20 in Chittagong. South Africa were in danger of losing the crucial match against New Zealand at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium when the latter required ... Read more

Spinners held their nerve in crucial moments to snatch a breathtaking 16-run victory for Pakistan over Australia, keeping the former champions alive in the ICC World Twenty20 at Mirpur on Sunday. Set a target of 192 runs, Australia seemed coasting when Glen Maxwell hit a blistering 74 off 33 balls and shared 118 runs with Aaron ... Read more

With Pakistan at 25-2 in the fifth over against Australia after an opening match loss to India, Umar Akmal joined his brother Kamran at the crease with their side’s World Twenty20 campaign on the line and kept their tournament dream alive. Man-of-the-match Akmal smashed a T20I career-high 94 off just 54 balls to steer Pakistan to ... Read more

Bangladesh need to move on without worrying too much about the defeat against Hong Kong, all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Sunday as the Tigers returned to training ahead of their Super-10 campaign in the ICC World Twenty20. The Tigers were humiliated by minnows Hong Kong in their last match of the first round, leaving a ... Read more

Opener Kusal Perera blazed his way to a sparkling half-century as Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by five runs to begin their ICC World Twenty20 campaign in style at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday. Sri Lanka held their nerve as the game went down to the wire, with pace bowler Lasith Malinga operating from ... Read more

Title contenders Australia will begin their campaign in the ICC World Twenty20, 2014 today with a match against Pakistan in Dhaka being fully aware of the dangers posed by their wounded opponents. Pakistan had an unceremonious start to the tournament losing to arch-rivals India by seven wickets which has made their journey towards the semi-final uncertain,

New Zealand defeated England by nine runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain interrupted their first ICC World Twenty20 game at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday. On this same day 22 years ago, England defeated South Africa by 22 runs in Sydney via the most productive overs method in the ICC World Cup in ... Read more

Bangladesh limped into the ICC World Twenty20’s Super 10 phase despite falling to Hong Kong, as poetic justice prevailed in Chittagong on March 20. Although beating Afghanistan and Nepal – the two other Associates in Group A, along with Hong Kong – in convincing style had given the hosts some much

Pakistan were unable to break their India jinx in a world event conceding a seven-wicket defeat to their arch-rivals in the opening Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20, Bangladesh 2014 in Mirpur on Friday. Set a simple target after Pakistan were restricted to 130-7, India cruised to 131-3 in 18.3 overs to post their ... Read more

To chase 190 in 20 overs under pressure is always a tough task. And to do it in 14.2 overs in order to seal a Super 10 berth is close to improbable but that’s what the Netherlands did when they completed the mammoth task against Ireland in Sylhet on Friday. By chasing down Ireland’s competitive ... Read more

For some people, the ICC World Twenty20 2014 only begins today. A total of 10 matches have been played already, three teams have crashed out of the tournament and three more are counting their time, but they do not matter to people who think cricket is just a game for a few elites. The confusing format ... Read more

Which of the four teams from Group B go through to the Super 10 phase of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 will be decided today but Ireland are clearly ahead of the rest as they face Netherlands at 3:30pm in Sylhet. With Zimbabwe taking on the United Arab Emirates earlier in the day at the ... Read more

Bangladesh are keen to continue to demonstrate their superiority without showing any mercy when they take on ICC Associate Member Hong Kong today to confirm their place in the ICC World Twenty20 Super 10 stage. A stumble against Hong Kong and a big Nepal win against Afghanistan could see the Tigers bounced from the competition on ... Read more

Ireland, on 101-3 inside the 14th over chasing 124 for victory, were romping to a convincing win over the United Arab Emirates at Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Wednesday with 23 runs required from 36 balls and seven wickets in hand. The Irish could never have thought that they would have to be content with a 21-run ... Read more

The Bangladesh team is reaping the benefits of a short break after their successive defeats in the Sri Lanka series and the Asia Cup as it has allowed them to regroup, coach Shane Jurgensen said on Wednesday. After nine successive defeats, the Tigers turned things around in their first practice match against the UAE and only ... Read more